[ad_1] World No 1 Iga Swiatek sailed into the 3rd-round at the Mutua Madrid Open on Thursday with an easy win over Wang Xiyu, while Coco Gauff earned herself 2 bagels against Arantxa Rus, and there were wins also for Maria Sakkari, Ons Jabeur and Jelena Ostapenko, but Elina Svitolina, Veronika Kudermetova and Elise Mertens…
[ad_1] Jannik Sinner will face compatriot Lorenzo Sonego at the 2024 Madrid Open, with both aiming to win this all-Italian derby. The last time Sinner stood on a tennis court was in Monte Carlo around two weeks ago. It was a strange match against Stefanos Tsitsipas, in which the Italian looked in control up until…
[ad_1] Rafa Nadal sailed into the second round of the Madrid Masters as he swept aside Darwin Blanch in 66-minutes for the loss of just one game in what was a David and Goliath confrontation. Today I played against an opponent with a great future in front (of him), but today he’s still making mistake,…
[ad_1] Emma Raducanu lost her first match at the 2024 Madrid Open, and former WTA player and British BJKC Team Captain Anne Keothavong took issue with it. Keothavong is the British Billie Jean King Cup Captain, and she’s quite familiar with Raducanu. They’ve had an interesting relationship so far, as Keothavong made some comments about…
[ad_1] Two-time defending Madrid champion Carlos Alcaraz is scheduled to play his opener on Friday. Photo credit: Rob Stone/@RobStoneTennis Mutua Madrid Open Madrid, SpainApril 22-May 5, 2024Prize Money: €7,877,020 Alcaraz Aims to Defend Madrid World No. 1 Novak Djokovic is out and king of clay Rafael Nadal returns in Madrid. Two-time champion Carlos Alcaraz is…
[ad_1] Rafael Nadal made a routine start to what is presumably his final appearance at the Mutua Madrid Open, cruising past Darwin Blanch 6-1, 6-0 during first-round action on Thursday evening. Nadal needed only one hour and four minutes to advance. It was the biggest age difference in a match (Nadal is 37, Blanch is…
[ad_1] The round of 128 at the 2024 Madrid Open is complete Thursday’s play saw Rafael Nadal start his last campaign in the Spanish capital with a 6-1 6-0 demolition job against wildcard Darwin Blanch. More homegrown success came courtesy of Roberto Bautista Agut, who saw off Daniel Galan in three sets before Roberto Carballes…
[ad_1] Coco Gauff made a winning start at the 2024 Madrid Open, and she will try to do the same against Dayana Yastremska. The 20-year-old made a spectacular effort to serve her opponent Arantxa Rus a double bagel in Madrid, but that likely won’t happen in her next match. She’s facing a much tougher player…
[ad_1] Rafael Nadal’s draw at the Mutua Madrid Open certainly isn’t the worst of all possible outcomes, but it also isn’t a good one considering what just transpired in Barcelona. Alex de Minaur was Nadal’s second-round opponent last week and the story is the same in Madrid, where they will go head-to-head once again on…
[ad_1] Rafael Nadal is off and running at the Mutua Madrid Open. Nadal wasted no time and expended no extra energy while erasing Darwin Blanch 6-1, 6-0 on Thursday afternoon. The 37-year-old Spaniard raced into a rematch with Alex de Minaur after just one hour and four minutes. Nadal’s second-round match last week at the…
